Radiation imagery chemistry: process, composition, or product thereof inventions 09/08

20080233491 - Barrier film material and pattern formation method using the same: A barrier film material includes, in addition to an alkali-soluble polymer, a multivalent carboxylic acid compound having a plurality of carboxyl groups or a multivalent alcohol compound. Thus, the multivalent carboxylic acid compound or the multivalent alcohol compound is adhered onto the surface of a resist film, and hence, particles... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080233490 - Mask rework method: A mask rework method includes forming a first carbon-containing hard mask layer and a first silicon-containing hard mask layer over an etch target layer, forming a first photoresist pattern over the first-silicon-containing hard mask layer, removing the first photoresist pattern, the first silicon-containing hard mask layer, and the first carbon-containing... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080233488 - Mask with hydrophobic surface: A mask with hydrophobic surface. The mask includes a substrate, a plurality of patterns formed on the substrate, and a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) formed on the substrate exposed by the patterns. The self-assembled monolayer includes an alkyltrichlorosilane-based layer such as octadecyltrichlorosilane (OTS) or perfluorodecyltrichlorosilane (FDTS) and formed by vapor process... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080233487 - Method and system for optimizing lithography focus and/or energy using a specially-designed optical critical dimension pattern: Disclosed is a method and a system for optimizing lithography focus and/or energy using a specially-designed optical critical dimension pattern. A wafer comprising a plurality of photomasks is received. Critical dimension, line-end shortening, and side wall angle of the plurality of photomasks are measured using an integrated metrology equipment. A... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20080233489 - Method to form a pattern of functional material on a substrate using a stamp having a surface modifying material: The invention provides a method to form a pattern of functional material on a substrate. The method uses an elastomeric stamp having a relief structure with a raised surface and having a modulus of elasticity of at least 10 MegaPascal. A surface modifying material is applied to the relief structure... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080233486 - System and method for providing phase shift mask passivation layer: System and method for providing a passivation layer for a phase shift mask (“PSM”) are described. In one embodiment, a PSM comprises a transparent substrate; a phase shift pattern disposed on the transparent substrate; and a passivation layer disposed to substantially cover exposed surfaces of at least a portion of... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20080233492 - Method of manufacturing color filters: The present invention provides a method of manufacturing color filters using a first mixed gas and a second mixed gas. In the method, a stopper layer whose etching rate by the second mixed gas is low is formed on the support, a colored layer is formed on the stopper layer,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080233493 - Processes for forming partition walls, color filter and organic el: A process for forming partition walls, which comprises a step of coating a substrate with a negative photosensitive composition containing a fluorinated polymer (A) having a side chain containing a fluoroalkyl group (which may have an etheric oxygen atom) and a side chain containing an ethylenic double bond, a drying... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080233494 - Method for forming a high resolution resist pattern on a semiconductor wafer: In one disclosed embodiment, a method for forming a high resolution resist pattern on a semiconductor wafer involves forming a layer of resist comprising, for example a polymer matrix and a catalytic species, over a material layer formed over a semiconductor wafer; exposing the layer of resist to patterned radiation;... Agent: Farjami & Farjami LLP

20080233495 - Toner and method for producing the same, and, developer, toner-containing container, process cartridge, image forming apparatus and image forming method: A toner producing method is provided, which comprises preparing toner base particles in an aqueous medium, wherein the toner base particles comprise resin fine particles, and forming a coating layer on the surface of the toner base particles, wherein the coating layer is formed by attaching or coating a toner... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080233497 - Toner for developing latent electrostatic image, process cartridge and image forming method: A toner for developing a latent electrostatic image produced by suspension polymerizing a polymerizable monomer composition in an aqueous dispersion medium, wherein the polymerizable monomer composition contains a polymerizable monomer, a colorant, and a layered inorganic mineral in which at least a part of an interlayer ion is replaced with... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080233496 - Toner for developing latent electrostatic image, two-component developer, image forming method and image forming apparatus: The present invention provides a toner which, despite its spherical shape, makes it possible to prevent an external additive from being embedded in the toner easily or by a load generating low stress, reduce variation in image density, maintain cleaning ability and transfer ability throughout its long-term use and obtain... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080233498 - Toner, developer, toner container, process cartridge, image forming method, and image forming apparatus: There is provided a toner which contains at least a binder resin, and filler including a layered inorganic compound, wherein the layered inorganic compound is cleaved to form particles in the toner, and the particles have a breadth of 0.5 nm to 4 nm, and a length of 10 nm... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080233499 - Electrophotographic photosensitive member, process cartridge, and electrophotographic apparatus: An electrophotographic photosensitive member having a charge generation layer containing a phenanthrene compound, a phenanthroline compound or an acenaphthene compound. Also disclosed are a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus which have the electrophotographic photosensitive member.... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080233500 - Photoreceptor device having a self-assembled patterned binder layer: A photoreceptor device having at least one layer that is a self-assembled patterned binder layer, which may include at least one functional material.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20080233502 - Overcoated photoconductors containing fluorinated components: A photoconductor containing an optional supporting substrate, a photogenerating layer, at least one charge transport layer, and an overcoating layer in contact with and contiguous to the charge transport layer, and which overcoating layer includes a fluoroalkyl ester, and a polymer.... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20080233503 - Photoconductor fluorinated charge transport layers: A photoconductor containing a supporting substrate, a photogenerating layer, and at least one charge transport layer which contains a fluoroalkyl ester.... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20080233501 - Photoconductors containing fluorinated components: A photoconductor containing a fluoroalkyl ester layer, a supporting substrate, a photogenerating layer, and at least one charge transport layer.... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20080233504 - Corona detection device: A corona detection device includes a bandpass filter having a primary passband that includes at least wavelengths in the range of about 250 nm to about 400 nm and a secondary passband that includes wavelengths in the range of about 675 nm to about 850 nm. The corona detection device... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080233505 - Toner for developing electrostatic latent image, and image forming apparatus and process cartridge using the toner: A toner, including a parent particulate material including a colorant and a binder resin, and an external additive including particles having an average primary particle diameter from 80 to less than 150 nm in an amount of from 0.03 to 2% by number, particles having an average primary particle diameter... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080233506 - Toner, and oilless fixing method and process cartridge using the toner: A toner useful for an oilless fixing method, includes a binder resin; a colorant; and 2.0 to 4.5% by weight of a wax which is soluble in n-hexane, based on a total weight of the toner, wherein the wax is dispersed in the toner, the wax forming wax domain particles... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080233507 - Two component developer: A two component developer used in an electrophotographic method composed of a toner containing at least a resin and a colorant, and a carrier, is disclosed. The resin is composed of a polyester resin and a styrene-acryl resin, in which the polyester resin is prepared via condensation-polymerization of a polyvalent... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20080233508 - Process for producing toner for electrophotography: wherein R is an alkyl group; n represents an average molar number of addition and is a number of more than 0 and not more than 15 (0<n≦15), and M is a monovalent cation, alkylsulfates and linear alkylbenzenesulfonates. The toner of the present invention has a small particle size which... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080233509 - Spherical silica core-shell particles: A process of preparing spherical nano-sized core/shell silica particles, including providing a latex polymer dispersion comprising particles of a liquid dispersible starting polymer in a dispersion liquid, adding at least one functionalized monomer to the latex polymer dispersion and polymerizing the at least one functionalized monomer on the particles, and... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20080233510 - Toner and method for producing the same, toner container, developer, image forming apparatus and process cartridge: Disclosed is a non-magnetic toner for use in developing electrostatic toner image, wherein the toner is produced by a toner production method that includes: dispersing in an aqueous medium an organic dispersion liquid that comprises in an organic solvent a pigment, a binder resin and/or a binder resin precursor, and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080233511 - Toner, and image forming apparatus and process cartridge using the same: A toner including particles including a toner composition including a binder resin and a coloring material, wherein the toner composition includes a laminate compound A in which a cation between layers is modified by an organic cation, and a laminate compound B in which an anion between layers is modified... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080233512 - Liquid recovery system, immersion exposure apparatus, immersion exposing method, and device fabricating method: A liquid recovery system is used by an immersion exposure apparatus. The liquid recovery system comprises: a plate that has a first surface and a second surface on the side opposite the first surface; and a liquid recovery part, at least part of which opposes the second surface with a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080233513 - Heat-resistant photosensitive resin composition, method for forming pattern using the composition, and electronic part: A heat resistant photosensitive resin composition having excellent film properties is provided by constituting a photosensitive resin composition containing (A) a polymer having an acid functional group and/or a substituent derived therefrom, (B) a compound having at least one substituent derived from an amine functional group, (C) a photoreactive compound,... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080233514 - Positive photoresist composition with a polymer including a fluorosulfonamide group and process for its use: A positive photoresist composition comprises a radiation sensitive acid generator, and a polymer that includes a first repeating unit derived from a sulfonamide monomer including a fluorosulfonamide functionality, a second repeating unit having a pendant acid-labile moiety, and a third repeating unit having a lactone functionality. The positive photoresist composition... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation Dept. 18g

20080233515 - Radiation sensitive resin composition for forming a protective film, method of forming a protective film from the composition, liquid crystal display device and solid-state image sensing device: The composition can provide a cured film having high flatness, has high developability and heat resistance, is advantageously used to form a protective film for liquid crystal display devices and solid-state image sensing devices, and has high storage stability as a composition.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080233516 - Negative lithographic printing plate precursor and lithographic printing method using the same: A negative lithographic printing plate precursor includes a support; and a photo-polymerization layer containing a polymer compound having at least one of a sulfonamido group and a cyclic structure derived from maleimide, and further having a hydrophilic group in a molecule thereof... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080233517 - Negative resists based on acid-catalyzed elimination of polar molecules: The present invention provides polymers that are useful in negative resist compositions. Polymers of the present invention comprise (1) a first monomer having a polar functional group; (2) a second monomer; and optionally, (3) a third monomer that imparts at least one characteristic selected from crosslinkable functionality, etch resistance, and... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.C.

20080233518 - Chemically amplified resist composition and manufacturing method of semiconductor integrated circuit device with such chemically amplified resist composition: With the damascene process in which an interconnection is formed using a conventional chemically amplified positive photoresist composition, there arises a problem that the photoresist within the via hole (as well as in its vicinity) may remain even after the exposure and the development are carried out. The present invention... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080233520 - Method for producing multi-layer optical disk: A method for producing a multilayer optical disk including a plurality of information storage layers is disclosed. The method includes a mastering step of preparing a plurality of metal dies, a replicating step of producing a base plate onto which a desired pattern is transferred using the plurality of metal... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20080233519 - Methods for fabricating optical microstructures by imaging a radiation sensitive layer sandwiched between outer layers: Microstructures are fabricated by imaging a microstructure master blank that includes a radiation sensitive layer sandwiched between a pair of outer layers, on an imaging platform, to define the microstructures in the radiation sensitive layer. At least one of the outer layers is then removed. The microstructures that were defined... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20080233521 - Method for manufacturing substrate for making microarray: A method for manufacturing a substrate for making a microarray, comprising, a step of forming a resist film on the substrate using a chemically amplified positive resist composition using a copolymer where a content of a monomer unit having a hydroxyl group is 5 mole % or less relative to... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080233522 - Method of forming 3d micro structures with high aspect ratios: A method of forming 3D micro structures with high aspect ratios includes the steps of: disposing a mask, which has a plurality of through holes having at least two different sizes, on a substrate to expose the substrate through the through holes; forming a negative photoresist layer on the mask... Agent: Joe Mckinney Muncy

20080226990 - Apertured window for enabling flexible illumination overfill of patterning devices: A dark border region may be integrated with a window covering a patterning device, such that light from an active area of the patterning device passes through the dark border region, while excess light is removed from the system by the dark border region. The dark border region may be,... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20080226991 - Fitting methodology of etching times determination for a mask to provide critical dimension and phase control: The present disclosure provides a mask and a method of determining etching times for etching the mask. In one embodiment, values for a main etching time and an over-etching time are determined simultaneously based on a desired critical dimension (CD) parameter and a desired phase parameter for the mask.... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20080226992 - Structure and method for sub-resolution dummy clear shapes for improved gate dimensional control: A mask system for use by a lithographic system to project an image of a circuit design. The design includes at least one large feature and at least one nearby small feature. The mask comprises one or more shapes on a mask to project an image of the nearby small... Agent: Delio & Peterson, LLC

20080226993 - Method of fabricating color filter substrate and infrared heating apparatus for the same: A method of fabricating a color filter substrate and an infrared heating apparatus for the same are provided. A post-baking process is replaced with an infrared irradiation method with a rapid thermal transfer characteristic. Therefore, the yield and production efficiency can be improved. The method of fabricating a color filter... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP Song K. Jung

20080226994 - Negative curable composition, color filter, and method of producing the same: The invention provides a negative curable composition comprising a colorant, a photopolymerization initiator, a radical polymerizable monomer, a binder, and a monofunctional thiol compound, wherein the content of the radical polymerizable monomer with respect to the total solid content of the composition is from about 10 mass % to about... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080226995 - Thermally controlled particulate core migration within polymer matrix: A composition is provided that includes a polymer matrix. A core having a core surface is embedded within the polymer matrix. A polymeric ligand passivates the core surface and has a moiety Y, where Y is a Diels-Alder group of a diene or dienophile. A polymeric linker has a complementary... Agent: U S Army Research Laboratory Attn Amsrl Cs Cc Ip

20080227004 - Carrier, developer and electrophotographic developing method and image forming method: An object of the present invention is to provide a carrier containing core material particles having magnetism and a coating layer on the surfaces of the core material particles, wherein the core material particles have a magnetization at a magnetic field of 1,000 Oersted of 40 emu/g to 100 emu/g,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080226998 - Fine organic silicone particle for latent electrostatic image developing toners, external additive for toners, toner for developing latent electrostatic image, and two-component developer: By mixing an appropriate amount of an organic silicone resin particle formed in a deformed shape (a hemispherical shape) in a toner or developer, the present invention prevents movement of the organic silicone resin particle from surface functional sites, the movement caused by a phenomenon such as detachment thereof from... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080227000 - Image formation method: An image formation method including charging an image bearing member; irradiating the surface of the image bearing member to form a latent electrostatic image thereon; developing the latent electrostatic image with a two component developing agent including a carrier and a toner including a mother toner particle and an external... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080226999 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus includes: an image transfer unit that transfers an image to continuous paper provided with a plurality of sprocket holes along a paper length direction on both sides in a paper width direction; an image fixing unit that fixes the image transported to the continuous paper by... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080226997 - Image forming method and image forming apparatus:

20080227001 - Image forming method and process cartridge: An image forming method, including recharging untransferred toner remaining on a latent electrostatic image bearing member by using a recharging member to remove the untransferred toner from the latent electrostatic image bearing member, wherein the recharging member is a conductive member a surface of which has a contact angle of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080227003 - Image forming method and toner for developing latent electrostatic image: Disclosed is a developer containing toner and carrier, the toner containing as a binder resin a polyol resin having a plurality of OH groups in a molecule chain having an EX/OH ratio between epoxy groups (EX) and OH groups (OH) of 0.990 to 1.010. The rotational speed α, pitch β... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080226996 - Method and system for improving printing accuracy of a contact layout: A photolithography system for printing a pattern of at least one contact or via on a wafer is provided. The system comprises a reticle having a layout, the layout comprises at least one polygon-shaped hole, wherein the at least one polygon-shaped hole comprises at least eight sides.... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20080227005 - Pattern forming device and pattern forming method: A pattern forming device has a transfer unit which transfers a pattern image formed on a planographic plate held by a printing frame onto the surface of a glass plate held on an XY stage. After the glass plate and the planographic plate have been positioned by the XY stage,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080227002 - Toner, developer, and image forming method: To provide a toner including a binder resin and colorant and is granulated in aqueous medium, wherein the binder resin is a polymer having a polyester skeleton, the polyester skeleton is obtained by block copolymerization of a polyester skeleton A in which at least a constituent unit in which CH3—C*—H(—OH)(COOH)... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080227006 - Stir-in pigment preparations for coloration of energy curable systems:

20080227007 - Image forming apparatus and process cartridge: An image forming apparatus including an image bearing member, a charger, an irradiator, and a developing device, wherein the relationships T1≦T2 and T2=W/V are satisfied, wherein T1 (msec) represents a real transit time, defined as a value on X-axis of a first flection point, at which a surface potential (Y)... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080227008 - Electrophotographic photoconductor, electrophotographic process cartridge containing the same and electrophotographic apparatus containing the same: An object of the present invention is to provide an electrophotographic photoconductor having an extremely low increase in friction coefficient and wear, while also having superior cleanability even after long-term or large-volume printing, and to provide an electrophotographic apparatus for forming an image using a polymerization toner without providing a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080227009 - Developing device and image forming method using one component developer, and process cartridge using the developing device: A developing device including a developing roller and a developer layer forming member for forming a layer of a one component developer on the roller. The developing device satisfies the relationships (1) 20<X<65−14α, and (2) 12.7α−25>Q/M>13.1α−44.5, wherein X represents the ratio (% by weight) of the wax present on the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080227010 - Transfer paper for electrophotography: A transfer paper for electrophotography contains a pulp fiber and a magnetic material for generating a large Barkhausen effect. An average dehydration speed S1a (an average value (% by mass/second) of dehydration speeds S1 of 5 sheets of paper) is 0.15 or less. The dehydration speed S1 is represented by... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080227013 - Toner and process cartridge: A toner including a fluorine-containing compound partially comprising a quaternary ammonium group at the surface thereof, which is prepared by a method, including dispersing or emulsifying an oil phase including toner constituents including a pigment, and at least one member selected from the group consisting of modified layered inorganic minerals... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080227011 - Toner, developer, and image forming apparatus: A toner including a binder resin, a colorant, and a silicon-containing polymer, which is manufactured by a method including: discharging a toner constituent liquid including toner constituents including the binder resin, the colorant, and the silicon-containing polymer, from at least one discharge opening to form liquid droplets thereof; and converting... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080227012 - Charge control agent and toner comprising the same: In the formula (1), R1 represents an alkyl group containing 1-12 carbon atoms, an Alkenyl group containing 1-12 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group containing 6-12 carbon atoms, or a hydrogen atom; R2 and R4 can independently represent an alkyl group containing 1-12 carbon atoms, an Alkenyl group... Agent: Matthias Scholl

20080227014 - Electrostatic latent image developing toner, electrostatic latent image developer, image forming apparatus, and apparatus for manufacturing electrostatic latent image developing toner: An electrostatic latent image developing toner has an average sphericity of at least 0.94 but no more than 0.98, the particles for which the accumulated equivalent spherical diameter on a number basis is at least 90% and the sphericity is less than 0.92 account for less than 3% of the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080227016 - Latent electrostatic image developing toner, image forming apparatus and image forming method: A latent electrostatic image developing toner of the present invention is mainly composed of two or more binder resins, a colorant, a releasing agent and a layered compound. A first binder resin of the binder resins is a polyester resin with an acid value of 15 KOHmg/g or less. The... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080227015 - Toner for developing electrostatic latent image, toner container, developer, image forming apparatus, process cartridge and method of preparing the toner: A toner, including at least a binder resin; a colorant; and a modified layered inorganic mineral in which at least a part of ions between the layers are modified with an organic material ion, wherein the toner includes at least one external additive having an average primary particle diameter of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080227017 - Non-spherical resin particle and production method thereof: t

20080227018 - Toner for developing a latent electrostatic image, and image forming method and apparatus using the toner: To provide a toner containing toner particles, wherein each toner particle contains at least: a releasing agent having an average dispersed particle diameter of 0.1 to 0.5 μm; and a modified layered inorganic mineral in which at least a part of ions present in between layers of a layered inorganic... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080227019 - Method and apparatus for preparing image-printed medium: A heating unit heats an image-printed medium including a transparent recording medium and a non-transparent recording medium with an image sandwiched between the transparent recording medium and the non-transparent recording medium.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080227020 - Preparation of toner from latex wax composites: The present disclosure relates to chemically processed toner, wherein fuser release agent (wax) may be dispersed in a fluid containing a dispersant. Introduced to the wax dispersion are one or more polymerizable monomers which may be polymerized to form a latex of polymer particles. The polymer particles may then serve... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080227022 - Electrophotographic toner pulverizing apparatus and electrophotographic toner pulverizing method: To provide an electrophotographic toner pulverizing apparatus and an electrophotographic toner pulverizing method for preventing reduction in wear resistance of a rotor, a stator, and the like even in long-term pulverizing of toner. The electrophotographic toner pulverizing apparatus according to the present invention has a pulverizing chamber with at least... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080227021 - Method of matnufacturing toner: A method of manufacturing toner including; melting and kneading a mixture including a binder resin and a coloring agent; cooling down the melted and kneaded mixture to provide a cooled mixture; coarsely pulverizing the cooled mixture to provide a coarsely pulverized mixture; finely pulverizing the coarsely pulverized mixture by supplying... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080227023 - Processing positive-working imageable elements with high ph developers: A positive-working imageable element comprises inner and outer layers. The ink receptive outer layer includes a phenolic resin binder that is soluble in a developer having a pH greater than 11. Dissolution suppressing components for the phenolic resin binder are generally excluded from the outer layer or present at a... Agent: Andrew J. Anderson Patent Legal Staff

20080227026 - Lithographic printing plate precursor: A lithographic printing plate precursor having a good press life with a practical energy amount, which can be on-press developed without passing through a development processing step after recording an image by a laser of emitting an infrared ray, is provided, which is a lithographic printing plate precursor capable of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080227027 - Method for forming photoresist pattern and photoresist laminate: A method for forming a photoresist pattern involves the steps of: depositing a photoresist film on a substrate, the photoresist film containing an acid-generating agent capable of generating an acid upon exposure to light; overlaying an antireflective film over the photoresist film, the antireflective film containing a fluorine-based acidic compound;... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080227028 - Photoresist topcoat for a photolithographic process: A composition that includes functionalized polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes derivatives of the formulas TmR3 where m is equal to 8, 10 or 12 and QnMnR1,R2,R3 where n is equal to 8, 10 or 12 are provided. The functional groups include aqueous base soluble moieties. Mixtures of the functionalized polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20080227024 - Photosensitive composition, and cured relief pattern production method and semiconductor device using the same: wherein R1 represents a divalent to octavalent organic group containing 2 or more carbon atoms, R2 represents a divalent to hexavalent organic group containing 2 or more carbon atoms, each of R0 and R3 independently represents a hydrogen atom or an organic group containing 1 to 20 carbon atoms, m... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080227025 - Resin for hydrophobilizing resist surface, method for production thereof, and positive resist composition containing the resin: A resin is to be added to a resist composition and localized on a surface of a resist film so as to hydrophobilize the surface of a resist film and has a peak area of a high molecular weight component having a molecular weight of 30,000 or more is 0.1%... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080227029 - Conditioning of a litho strip: A method of conditioning the surface of a work piece, particularly of a strip or sheet, more particularly of a lithostrip or lithosheet, including an aluminium alloy is provided. The method for conditioning the surface of a work piece and a work piece including an aluminium alloy enabling an increasing... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20080227032 - Environmental friendly photoacid generators (pags) with no perfluorooctyl sulfonates: Novel classes of ionic photoacid generator (PAGs) compounds having relatively environmentally friendly anions with no perfluorooctyl sulfonate (no-PFOS) are provided and photoresist composition that comprise such compounds. The new PAGs produce a photoacid having a short or no perfluoro alkyl chain (i.e., no-PFOS) attached to a variety of functional groups.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080227031 - Phenolic polymers and photoresists comprising same: The present invention relates to new polymers that contain phenolic groups spaced from a polymer backbone and photoacid-labile group. Preferred polymers of the invention are useful as a component of chemically-amplified positive-acting resists.... Agent: Peter F. Corless Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials LLC

20080227030 - Use of mixed bases to enhance patterned resist profiles on chrome or sensitive substrates: Resist compositions having good footing properties even on difficult substrates are obtained by using a combination of base additives including a room temperature solid base, and a liquid low vapor pressure base. The compositions are especially useful on metal substrates such as chromium-containing layers commonly used in mask-making.... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation Dept. 18g

20080227033 - Photosensitive paste composition, plasma display panel manufactured using the same and method of manufacturing the plasma display panel: Photosensitive paste compositions, plasma display panels (PDP) manufactured using the same, and methods of manufacturing the PDPs are provided. In one embodiment, a photosensitive paste composition includes an inorganic component and an organic component, where the organic component includes a cross-linking agent including a monoacrylate, where the monoacrylate is present... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080227034 - Method of forming pattern of semiconductor device: The present invention relates to a method of forming a pattern of a semiconductor device. According to the method, patterns are formed on a substrate. First photoresist patterns are formed in regions where the patterns are opened. The first photoresist patterns are diffused to upper corners of the patterns, thus... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20080227035 - Method of producing an ink jet head and method of producing an electronic device: Provided is a method of producing an ink jet head including: providing the substrate which includes a through hole which forms the supply opening, and a layer that covers an opening of the through hole on a side of the one surface of the substrate; forming a protective film so... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080227036 - Method for producing structure: According to an aspect of an embodiment, a method for manufacturing a structure composed of a photoreactive resin comprises the steps of: forming the photoreactive resin on a sheet member soluble in water; exposing the photoreactive resin selectively to a radiation activating the photoreactivity to produce the structure; and dissolving... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080227037 - Resist lower layer film composition and patterning process using the same: c

20080227038 - Pattern formation method: After formation of an underlayer film and an intermediate layer film, a resist pattern formed by the first pattern exposure with the first resist film and the second pattern exposure with the second resist film is transferred to the intermediate layer film. The underlayer film is etched using an intermediate... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080220339 - Film forming photosensitive materials for the light induced generation of optical anisotrophy: This invention relates to a self supporting or substrate-supported film or layer of a photosensitive material comprising a water insoluble complex having one of the following sum formulae (I) to (IV) n [R—P—R′]ms+ m [T]n′− (I) or m [T]n′+ n [R—P—R′]m′− (II) n[R1—Q—R1′]m′+ m [T]n′− (III) or an [T]n′+ n... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.a.

20080220340 - Apparatus and method for heating a layer carried on a rotating substrate: Embodiments of an apparatus and methods for heating a substrate and a sacrificial layer are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP (tokyo Electron)

20080220341 - Mask pattern and method for forming the same: The invention provides a mask pattern. The mask pattern comprises at least a continuous pattern. Each of the continuous patterns has a first pattern, a second pattern and a set of assistance patterns. The assistant patterns are located between the first pattern to the second pattern. The first pattern, the... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20080220342 - Methods of fabricating optical packages, systems comprising the same, and their uses: Methods and apparatuses for forming optical packages, and intermediate structures resulting from the same are disclosed, which provide an optical element over a device. The optical element is formed by applying a force to lateral portions of a liquid material layer formed below an elastomeric material layer such that the... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080220343 - Ink composition and method of using the same to produce color filter: An ink composition for producing a color filter is provided. The ink composition comprises a colorant, a binder and plural solvents. A color filter production method using the above-mentioned ink composition is also provided. The ink composition is adhered to the designated light transmitting regions on the surface of a... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080220344 - Drawing method and apparatus: In a drawing method for drawing an image on a substrate by relatively moving a drawing head that forms, based on input drawing-point data, drawing points on the substrate with respect to the substrate and by sequentially forming the drawing points on the substrate by the drawing head based on... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, Pllc

20080220345 - Device manufacturing method, computer program and lithographic apparatus: In a device manufacturing method using a lithographic apparatus, corrections to the dose are applied, within and/or between fields, to compensate for CD variations due to heating of elements of the projection system of the lithographic apparatus.... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080220346 - Electrophotographic photoreceptor, image forming method using electrophotographic photoreceptor, image forming apparatus, and process cartridge for image forming apparatus: A photoreceptor includes a conductive support body, an intermediate layer, and a photosensitive layer. The intermediate layer is made of gallium nitride (GaN) crystals having electron affinity greater than that of the photosensitive layer and formed between and in contact with the conductive support body and the photosensitive layer. The... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080220347 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An LD switch is turned ON to output image data outputted from an image processing section to a laser diode, and to irradiate a laser light to a photosensitive drum. The number of pixel dots included in the image data outputted from the image processing section is computed by line... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080220348 - Toner for developing latent electrostatic image, method for manufacturing the same, image forming method and image forming apparatus: To provide a toner manufacturing method including: continuously mixing an oil phase with an aqueous phase to form an emulsified liquid using an emulsifying mechanism having an emulsified liquid circulation pathway and an emulsifying device equipped with a stirring blade; forming liquid droplets from the emulsified liquid by controlling the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080220349 - Photoconductors containing halogenated binders and aminosilanes: A photoconductor containing a supporting substrate; an undercoat layer comprised of a mixture of an aminosilane and a halogenated polymer; a photogenerating layer; and at least one charge transport layer.... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20080220352 - Photoconductors containing chelating components: A photoconductor containing a supporting substrate, a photogenerating layer; and at least one charge transport layer where the photogenerating layer contains a photogenerating pigment and a chelating additive or agent.... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20080220350 - Hole blocking layer containing photoconductors: A photoconductor containing a substrate; an undercoat layer thereover wherein the undercoat layer includes an electroconducting component dispersed in a rapid curing polymer matrix; a photogenerating layer, and at least one charge transport layer.... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20080220351 - Photoconductors containing photogenerating chelating components: A photoconductor containing a supporting substrate, a photogenerating layer; and at least one charge transport layer where the photogenerating layer contains a photogenerating pigment and a chelating additive or agent of, for example, a β-diketone, a ketoester, a hydroxyl carboxylic acid, a hydroxyl carboxylic acid ester, a keto alcohol, or... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20080220353 - Extrudable antistatic tielayers: The present invention relates to an extruded imaging element comprising an extruded support bearing an extruded image receiving layer and an extruded antistatic tie layer between the extruded support and the extruded image receiving layer, wherein the extruded tie layer absorbs less than 3 weight % of moisture at 80%... Agent: Andrew J. Anderson Patent Legal Staff

20080220355 - Image carrier, lubricant-molded body, lubricant application device, image forming apparatus and process cartridge: An image carrier includes a photosensitive layer which carries a latent image, and a lubricant-coated layer formed on a surface of the photosensitive layer, and the lubricant-coated layer is made of a mixture containing a melaminecyanurate, and a polyimide or a silicone resin.... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080220354 - Photoconductor, photoconductor cartridge and image-forming apparatus: The surface of a photoconductor is coated with a surface protection layer comprising a cured material of a fluorine-containing photo-curing composition containing fluorinated alkyl group-containing (meth)acrylate and a photopolymerization initiator, and the surface protection layer has a fluorine atom content of 8.5 to 20% by mass.... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.l.p.

20080220356 - Electrophotographic photoreceptor, process cartridge and image-forming apparatus: An electrophotographic photoreceptor including a photosensitive layer provided including a first functional layer including a compound represented by the following Formula (I). In Formula (I), F represents an n-valent organic group having hole transportation ability; R1, R2, and R3 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080220358 - Coloring compound and yellow toner containing the coloring compound: Provided are a coloring compound for color toner which satisfies all of solubility in an organic solvent, a color tone, and lightfastness, and does not inhibit the polymerization of a polymerizable monomer when used in a polymerized toner, and a yellow toner using the coloring compound and achieving compatibility between... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080220357 - Toner for developing electrostatic image, and image forming apparatus and process cartridge using the toner: A toner including a binder resin including a polyester resin and a vinyl resin; a wax; and a colorant, wherein the vinyl resin includes a unit obtained from a radically polymerizable monomer having an alkyloxysilyl group. An image forming apparatus including an image bearing member configured to bear an electrostatic... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080220359 - Toner processes: Disclosed herein are toner particles generated by emulsion/aggregation processes. The processes are conducted under conditions that shorten the time for coalescence and post-formation washing, thereby increasing efficiency of the processes as compared to conventional processes.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc.

20080220360 - Toner, and two-component developer and image forming apparatus using the toner: A toner including a binder resin including a polyester resin containing an inorganic tin(II) compound as a catalyst, a magnetic material, and a hydrophobized particulate inorganic material, wherein the toner has a magnetization of from 10 to 25 emu/g in a magnetic field of 5 kOe, and a tan δ,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080220361 - Developing roller and image forming method employing the same: An objective is to provide a developing roller possessing a surface layer capable of suppressing the residual potential during repetitive use with no damage of interlayer adhesiveness, preventing toner leakage and contaminations caused by adhesion matter on the surface, and preventing developing unevenness because of even toner electrification; and also... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20080220362 - Toner compositions having improved fusing properties: Image recording device comprising a development system including toner particles comprising a gel latex, a high Tg latex, a wax, and a colorant, and a fuser member, such as a fluoropolymer coated fuser member, which produces images having improved document offset, vinyl offset and half-tone rub properties.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc.

20080220363 - Developing roller and image forming method using the same: A developing roller for electrophotographic image forming apparatus is disclosed. The developing roller has a shaft and a resin layer, and the resin layer comprises a binder resin, a resin particle having a particle diameter of 5 μm to 30 μm and a content of from 10% to 50% by... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20080220364 - Image forming apparatus and method of abrading photoconductor of the apparatus: An image forming apparatus of the present invention is arranged to hold an intermediate transfer belt and a photoconductive drum out of contact with each other. In a non image formation process in a first mode, the intermediate transfer belt and the photoconductive drum are separated from each other upon... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080220365 - Negative-working imageable elements and methods of use: A radiation-sensitive composition includes a free radically polymerizable component, an initiator composition capable of generating free radicals sufficient to initiate polymerization upon exposure to imaging radiation, an infrared radiation absorbing dye having a tetraaryl pentadiene chromophore, a polymeric binder comprising a polymer backbone to which are directly or indirectly linked... Agent: Andrew J. Anderson Patent Legal Staff

20080220366 - Resist pattern processing equipment and resist pattern processing method: A resist pattern processing apparatus comprises a stage for mounting a substrate having a patterned photoresist arranged on a surface thereof, a UV-emitting part for emitting UV rays to the stage, and an annular member for surrounding the whole periphery of the substrate. This allows the annular member to restrain... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080220367 - Metallocenyl phthalocyanine compounds and use thereof: r

20080220369 - Chemically amplified resist composition:

20080220371 - Photosensitive composition, compound used for photosensitive composition and pattern-forming method using photosensitive composition: wherein Ra represents an alkyl group substituted with a fluorine atom, or an aryl group substituted with a fluorine atom or a group having a fluorine atom; Rb represents an alkyl group not substituted with a fluorine atom on α-position of the alkyl group, or an aryl group not substituted... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080220368 - Photosensitive paste composition, barrier rib prepared using the composition and plasma display panel comprising the barrier rib: Photosensitive paste compositions, barrier ribs of plasma display panels (PDPs) including the same, and PDPs including the barrier ribs are provided. More particularly, a photosensitive paste composition includes an organic component and an inorganic component, where the organic component and the inorganic component each have an average refractive index of... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080220372 - Photosensitive resin composition for black matrix: (Z1 is selected from the group consisting of Ra, Rb—S, Rc-O, wherein each of Ra, Rb, Rc is independently H, alkyl or aryl; Z2 is H, alkyl of C1-C4, or halide.), wherein the moisture content of said photosensitive resin composition is less than 3,000 ppm, and the optical density value... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080220370 - Positive resist composition and pattern forming method using the same: A positive resist composition, includes: (A) a resin having a repeating unit represented by formula (A) as defined in the specification, which decomposes under an action of an acid to increase a solubility of the resin (A) in an alkali developer; and a pattern forming method uses the composition.... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080220374 - Method and structure for improved alignment in mram integration: A method for implementing alignment of a semiconductor device structure includes forming first and second sets of alignment marks within a lower level of the structure, the second set of alignment marks adjacent the first set of alignment marks. An opaque layer is formed over the lower level, including the... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Yorktown

20080220373 - Method for forming a photoresist-laminated substrate, method for plating an insulating substrate, method for surface treating of a metal layer of a circuit board, and method for manufacturing a multi layer ceramic condenser using metal nanoparticles aeros: The present invention relates to a method for forming a photoresist-laminated substrate including: preparing a laminated substrate having an insulating substrate and a metal layer; coating with an aerosol of metal nanoparticles on the metal layer; laminating a photoresist film on the metal layer coated with the aerosol of metal... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080220375 - Methods of reworking a semiconductor substrate and methods of forming a pattern in a semiconductor device: In a method of reworking a substrate, an organic anti-reflection coating (ARC) layer is formed on the substrate having an amorphous carbon pattern. A photoresist pattern is formed on the organic ARC layer. The photoresist pattern is entirely exposed when the photoresist pattern has a selected level of defects, and... Agent: Mills & Onello LLP

20080220376 - Lithography simulation method, method of manufacturing a semiconductor device and program: A lithography simulation method of obtaining a resist image by simulation using first and second functions, obtaining the resist image by the simulation includes determining a mask transmission function from a mask layout, modulating the mask transmission function using the first function to determine a modulated mask transmission function, obtaining... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080220377 - Photo mask, exposure method using the same, and method of generating data: A photo mask formed with patterns to be transferred to a substrate using an exposure apparatus, the photo mask comprising a pattern row having three or more hole patterns surrounded by a shielding portion or a semitransparent film and arranged along one direction, and an assist pattern surrounded by the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080220378 - Ferrule for optical wave guide: An apparatus includes an optical wave guide and a ferrule. The optical wave guide has a prespecified horizontal-positioning surface and a prespecified vertical-positioning surface. The ferrule is to precisely couple with the optical wave guide. The ferrule defines a first datum plane mating with the prespecified vertical-positioning surface of the... Agent: Law Offices Of Michael Dryja

20080220380 - Enhancing photoresist performance using electric fields: Electric fields may be advantageously used in various steps of photolithographic processes. For example, prior to the pre-exposure bake, photoresists that have been spun-on the wafer may be exposed to an electric field to orient aggregates or other components within the unexposed photoresist. By aligning these aggregates or other components... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, Pc

20080220379 - Pattern forming method and pattern formation apparatus: The present invention provides a pattern forming method and a pattern formation apparatus capable of suppressing variations in line width dimensions of a resist pattern. The pattern forming method of the present invention is a pattern forming method comprising a first step for coating a photoresist onto a wafer W,... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080220381 - Antireflection film composition and patterning process using the same: e

20080220382 - Lithographic apparatus and method: A lithographic apparatus includes a shutter system constructed and arranged to mask out parts of a patterning device or a substrate from a beam of radiation. The shutter system includes at least one moveable shutter. The apparatus also includes a control unit arranged to receive information regarding the extent to... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080213675 - Interrogation of a light-sensitive sensor: A sensing method comprises irradiating a sensor having a medium including a light-sensitive holographic element, and observing a change in the holographic image.... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20080213678 - Method for fabricating electrical circuitry on ultra-thin plastic films: In accordance with the teachings of one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method of forming high-density metal interconnects on flexible, thin-film plastic includes laminating a dry photoresist layer to a substrate. The photoresist-laminated substrate is baked. An assembly is formed by laminating a plastic film to the baked, photoresist-laminated... Agent: Baker Botts LLP

20080213679 - Pellicle frame apparatus, mask, exposing method, exposure apparatus, and device fabricating method: A pellicle is provided to one end surface of end surfaces of a frame. Another end surface of the end surfaces of the frame has an area that opposes a substrate. A configuration is adopted that prevents the deformation of the one end surface of the frame and the shape... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080213676 - Phase shift mask for avoiding phase conflict: A phase shift mask comprises a glass substrate with a surface and a metal layer. The glass substrate comprises a first phase section, a second phase section and a border section. The metal layer is covered on the glass substrate and defining a pattern comprising a plurality of parallel lines,... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080213677 - Photomask manufacturing method using charged beam writing apparatus: A first relationship between the charge dose of a charged beam writing apparatus and the dimensional accuracy of a photomask pattern is obtained, and a charge dose is determined from given dimensional accuracy on the basis of the first relationship. On the basis of the determined charge dose, a resist... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080213680 - Toner for electrostatic latent image development and method of magnetic monocomponent development: The present invention provides a toner for electrostatic latent image development and a method of magnetic monocomponent development using the toner which can prevent the toner adhesion to a photoconductor for a long time period and can obtain an image having high quality by maintaining functions of the toner for... Agent: Arthur G. Schaier Carmody & Torrance LLP

20080213681 - Image forming method, screen set and image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus for forming a color image of CMK color plates by electrophotography system in which a K color plate having highest visibility among CMYK colors is composed of a rational number mesh. Profile of halftone dots (201Kh) becomes constant substantially and the factor for generating streak and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080213682 - Toner for developing electrostatic image, method for producing the toner, image forming method, image forming apparatus and process cartridge using the toner: Provided is a toner for developing electrostatic image, comprising particles of oil phase containing at least a toner composition and/or toner composition precursor in an aqueous medium, wherein the toner composition and/or toner composition precursor comprises an organic-modified layered inorganic mineral prepared by modifying at least partially an ion of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080213683 - Toners for electrostatic-image development: An emulsion polymerized agglomerated toner characterized in that the odor index of aliphatic aldehydes measured by gas chromatography is at most 300, and an emulsion polymerized agglomerated toner which is an emulsion polymerized agglomerated toner obtainable via a polymerization step, a flocculation step and an aging step, characterized in that... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080213684 - Carrier for electrophotographic developer, developer, image forming method, image forming apparatus, and process cartridge: To provide a carrier for electrophotographic developer including core particles and a cover layer covering the particles, wherein at least one of the carrier to be supplied in a developing apparatus and carrier contained in the developing apparatus has a weight average particle diameter Dw of 22 μm or more... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080213685 - Method of providing an aqueous dispersion suitable for use as a chemically produced toner: Provided herein are methods of forming an aqueous dispersion suitable for use in a chemically produced toner that include a) dissolving a polyester resin in a volatile organic solvent to form a solution of the polyester in the volatile organic solvent; b) adding a neutralizing agent comprising at least one... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20080213686 - Developing method and developing unit: o

20080213687 - Toner process: The present disclosure relates to a toner process comprising providing a resin miniemulsion comprising polymeric particles comprising at least one free radical polymerizable monomer compound and at least one alkylene anhydride; blending the miniemulsion with at least one colorant, at least one amine, and optionally at least one wax; heating... Agent: Mh2 Technology Law Group, LLP (cust. No. W/xerox)

20080213691 - Method to print photoresist lines with negative sidewalls: A write pole for vertical magnetic recording is described. It includes a trapezoidal prism of high magnetic moment material, having inwardly sloping sidewalls. Its parallel surfaces are between about 0.1 and 0.3 microns apart and the sidewalls slope in the range of 15.5 to 60 degrees relative to vertical.... Agent: Saile Ackerman LLC

20080213688 - Photosensitive transfer material, pattern forming process, and patterns: w

20080213692 - Radiation sensitive composition, microlens, process for forming the microlens and use of the microlens: A radiation sensitive composition containing inorganic oxide particles; a copolymer of at least one unsaturated compound selected from the group consisting of an unsaturated carboxylic acid and an unsaturated carboxylic anhydride and other unsaturated compound different from the unsaturated compound; a polyfunctional unsaturated compound having at least two ethylenically unsaturated... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080213690 - Resist material and electron beam recording resist material: This invention generally provides a resist material that has high sensitivity to light and electron beams and can form a clear and fine pattern at a smaller exposure. The resist material comprises a metal compound and is characterized in that a metal element constituting the metal compound is a group... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080213689 - Watermark defect reduction by resist optimization: A method is disclosed for lithographic processing. In one aspect, the method comprises obtaining a resist material with predetermined resist properties. The method further comprises using the resist material for providing a resist layer on the device to be lithographic processed. The method further comprises illuminating the resist layer according... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080213693 - Optical information recording medium: wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 each independently represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent group; R5 and R6 each independently represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent group; and B represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, which are derivable from a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080213695 - Chemically amplified resist composition: e

20080213694 - Composition containing a photoacid generator monomer, substrat coated with the composition, method for synthesizing a compound on a substrate using the composition, and microarray produced according to the method: A composition containing a photoacid generator monomer and surfactant, and a method for synthesizing a compound on a substrate using the composition are provided. The method includes bonding a layer of first molecules having an acid labile protecting group to a solid substrate; coating a layer of the photoacid generator... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080213696 - Negative working, heat-sensitive, lithographic printing plate precursor: A heat-sensitive negative-working lithographic printing plate precursor includes on a grained and anodized aluminum support a coating including hydrophobic thermoplastic polymer particles, a hydrophilic binder, and an organic compound, wherein the organic compound includes at least one phosphonic acid group or at least one phosphoric acid group or a salt... Agent: Agfa C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20080213697 - Underlayer compositions containing heterocyclic aromatic structures: A composition suitable for use as a planarizing underlayer in a multilayer lithographic process is disclosed. The inventive composition comprises a polymer containing heterocyclic aromatic moieties. In another aspect, the composition further comprises an acid generator. In yet another aspect, the composition further comprises a crosslinker. The inventive compositions provide... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20080213698 - Novel colorant compound and method of manufacturing the same as well as blue resist composition for use in color filter containing the same: The present invention provides (I) a method of manufacturing a triphenylmethane colorant that can suppress the sub-reactions in conversion to a sulfonamide and is industrially advantageous, (II) a colorant compound that has both excellent spectral characteristics and a high solubility relative to organic solvents or polymers as a coloring agent... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080213699 - Photoresist composition and method of forming a photoresist pattern using the photoresist composition: In a photoresist composition and a method of forming a photoresist pattern using the photoresist composition, the photoresist composition includes a photosensitive polymer having a first repeating unit of p-hydroxystyrene and a second repeating unit of an acrylate at a molar ratio of from about 40:60 to about 60:40, a... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20080213700 - On-press development of high speed laser sensitive lithographic printing plates: A method of on-press developing a laser sensitive lithographic printing plate with ink and/or fountain solution is described. The printing member comprises on a substrate a photosensitive layer soluble or dispersible in ink and/or fountain solution and capable of hardening upon exposure to a laser. The plate is exposed with... Agent: Gary Ganghui Teng

20080213701 - Polymer for organic anti-reflective coating layer and composition including the same: m

20080213702 - Method for patterning conductive polymer: A method for patterning a conductive polymer that adheres well to an oxide layer is presented. The method includes forming a self-assembled monolayer on a substrate, patterning the self-assembled monolayer, forming a catalyst layer on the self-assembled monolayer, and forming a conductive polymer layer on the self-assembled monolayer.... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20080213703 - Imaging system with mirror group: An imaging system for imaging an off-axis object field arranged in an object surface of the imaging system onto an off-axis image field arranged in an image surface of the imaging system while creating at least one intermediate image has: an optical axis; an in-line mirror group having an object... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080213704 - Measurement apparatus, exposure apparatus, and device fabrication method: The present invention provides a measurement apparatus that includes a measurement unit inserted on an image plane of an optical system to be measured, and a measurement mask inserted on an object plane of the optical system to be measured, the measurement unit including a light-shielding board including a slit-like... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20080213705 - Pattern exposure method and pattern exposure apparatus: A pattern exposure method and a pattern exposure apparatus in which the throughput is improved with an inexpensive apparatus and without a low running cost. Output faces of a plurality of laser beams emitted from a plurality of semiconductor lasers respectively are arranged in two directions. One of the directions... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080213706 - Method and apparatus for thermal development having a removable support member: This invention pertains to a method and apparatus for thermally developing a photosensitive element, and particularly to a method and apparatus for supporting the photosensitive element with a removable flexible support member during thermal treatment.... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080213707 - Graded spin-on organic antireflective coating for photolithography: An antireflective coating that contains at least two polymer components and comprises chromophore moieties and transparent moieties is provided. The antireflective coating is useful for providing a single-layer composite graded antireflective coating formed beneath a photoresist layer.... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP